Diane, will you be on the December 7 or 17 adventure? While the latter would give you South Georgia and the king penguins, either will be wonderful. I recall you have a young adult son, and may need to be home during the holidays.

So exciting that we will have an lct person aboard on an early early voyage on this ship to give us a first hand account of the cruise! As much as I liked the ship as a whole on Explorer II (and the more traditional decor), the amenities and cabins on Le Boreal, if they can match the wonderful crew on the other ship make it more than enticing, especially with the single supplements. They are going to give Silversea some real competition, with all those balcony cabins. I will confess that the computer generated pictures of the contemporary interiors leave me with lots of white in my mind, but put a roomful of people and a great crew in them, and that will change.

Can't wait to hear your reports, as they were captivating on the latest Polar Bear expedition through BK. Hey, and bring your camera, you know we love pictures of a new ship. Heck, we liked pictures of Aloft in Dallas when there were people involved. Wish I could be there, but I am SO overbooked for 2010, even for 2011, due to our sneak preview at Ho Down.